List of elected or appointed female deputy heads of state
Encyclopedia
This is a list of women
who have been elected
or appointed deputy head of state
of their respective countries. This list does not include female deputy heads of government who are not concurrently deputy head of state, such as deputy prime minister
s.
Woman
A woman , pl: women is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent...
who have been elected
Election
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...
or appointed deputy head of state
Vice president
A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...
of their respective countries. This list does not include female deputy heads of government who are not concurrently deputy head of state, such as deputy prime minister
Deputy Prime Minister
A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some counties, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, but is significantly different, though both...
s.
See also
- Council of Women World LeadersCouncil of Women World LeadersThe Council of Women World Leaders is a network of current and former women prime ministers and presidents established in 1996 by Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of Iceland and first woman in the world to be democratically elected president, and Laura Liswood, Secretary General...
- List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office
- List of elected or appointed female heads of state
- List of elected or appointed female heads of government
- List of the first female holders of political offices
External links
- Women Heads of State
- Women Presidents and Women Governors-General (Zárate's Political Collections)
- Council of Women World Leaders
- Female Vice Presidents